He that serves well needes not ask his wages.

He that serves well needes not ask his wages.

One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in read more

One sorrow never comes but brings an heir,
That may succeed as his inheritor;
And so in ours, some neighboring nation,
Taking advantage of our misery,
Hath stuffed the hollow vessels with their power,
To beat us down, the which are down already;
And make a conquest of unhappy,
Whereas no glory 's got to overcome.

Citties are taken by the eares.

Citties are taken by the eares.

The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, read more

The mother endures with greater courage the loss of one out many
children, than she who, in her tears, exclaims, "Thou wast my
only one!"

Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.

Rich gifts wax poor, when givers prove unkind.

Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.

Compound for sins they are inclined to,
By damning those they have no mind to.

Let him fry in his own grease.

Let him fry in his own grease.

It is hard to abstain from writing satire.

It is hard to abstain from writing satire.

Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that
proceedeth out of the mouth of God.